Williamwood High School

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established = 1930
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headmaster = Mr John Fitzpatrick
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address = Eaglesham Road,G76 8RF
city = Glasgow
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district = East Renfrewshire
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feeder schools = Busby Primary. Netherlee Primary and Carolside Primary
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website = [http://www.williamwood.e-renfrew.sch.uk/ Official Website]
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Williamwood High School, located on the outskirts of Clarkston, East Renfrewshire, is a non denominational state school . It has a school roll of over 1600 pupils and was recently built, replacing the old school on Seres road in Williamwood. The new school was officially opened on 11 December 2006 by the then First Minister of Scotland, Jack McConnell MSP.

The school achieves excellently in all Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education inspections and always rates very highly in the Scottish league tables, regularly coming number one in ScotlandFact|date=February 2008. The school also achieves well in extra curricular activities including sports, where the school has received many national and international accolades and awardsFact|date=February 2008. The school management say that the success of Williamwood is down to the hard work and dedication not only of the staff, but of the pupils in the schoolFact|date=February 2008.

Old and new

The old school based on Seres Road was becoming old and impractical as several other schools in the area such as Netherlee Primary School became modernised as the secondary school remained untouched. It was originally built in the 1930s with various extensions and additions, including new PE facilities and the additions of exterior Portakabin buildings as extra classrooms being added as time went on. It was announced in 2003/2004 that a new school would be built under the PPP Scheme by the private company [http://www.hbgc.co.uk/ HBG] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/6170161.stm] . Once built, they would take control of the school ensuring it was well maintained and replacing any broken fixtures and ensuring the running of the school building.

In August 2006 the new £27 million school opened. It features over 49 classrooms, each fitted with interactive whiteboards, new sports facilities including astroturf pitches and running track, a BBC-standard video editing studio (running Apple Computer Final Cut Pro software), drama studios and an industry standard recording studioFact|date=February 2008. Built around a central "Street" area, with separate "Gallery Café" reserved for 6th years.

The new School was officially opened by The Right Honourable Jack McConnell MSP in December. It was remarked that the new school was "The best equipped high school in Britain". Fact|date=May 2007

The unoccupied former building was damaged by fire in February 2007. By March 2007 it was completely demolished to make way for development of other building projectsFact|date=February 2008.

Alumni

* Richard Cook, Conservative Party candidate for East Renfrewshire
* Iain Flannigan, Kilmarnock F.C. footballer
* Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment and Scottish National Party MSP for Moray
* Ross Lyons, Scotland international cricketer
* Stuart McCaffrey, St Johnstone F.C. footballer
* Euan Murray, Scotland international rugby player
* Brian Robertson, lead guitarist in Thin Lizzy and Motörhead
* David Weatherston, St Johnstone F.C. footballer

External links

* [http://www.williamwood.e-renfrew.sch.uk Official School website] containing up to the date news and the brand new school podcast - Williamwood Radio.
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/education/02/league_tables/scotland/schools/ea_11/html/8602034.stm BBC league tables site for Williamwood High School]
* [http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/scottishschoolsonline/schools/williamwoodhighschooleastrenfrewshire.asp Williamwood High School's page on Scottish Schools Online]